Principal Program Manager

Job Description

Principal Program Manager, Auto & Industrial | Xometry

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Xometry, located remotely or hybrid. Xometry powers industries of today and tomorrow by connecting innovative ideas with manufacturing capabilities. This role is critical for owning Xometry’s most complex and highest-value production programs, ensuring successful delivery from award through steady-state supply. The Principal Program Manager also sets program management standards and improves Xometry’s overall operational practices.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: Remote or hybrid
• Pay: $116000–$143000 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Director, Strategic Program Operations
• Mission: Owns a portfolio of Xometry’s most complex and highest-value production programs from award through steady-state supply.
• Tech Stack: ERP systems, Salesforce, Tableau or Looker, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, Microsoft Project

What You’ll Actually Do
• Own Strategic Production Programs: Leads multiple concurrent, complex production programs, often $5M or more each, from opportunity and award through first article, launch, and repeat production, managing plans, budgets, and metrics.
• Lead Customers, Partners, and Cross-Functional Teams: Serves as the primary point of contact for customer program, engineering, quality, and procurement teams, coordinating internal and external resources to deliver each program.
• Improve How Xometry Runs Programs: Leads cross-functional operational initiatives to enhance program efficiency, scalability, and repeatability, defining KPIs, applying Lean principles, and improving supporting tools and systems.
• Develop the Program Management Team: Mentors and coaches program managers on launch planning, customer management, financial management, and structured problem solving, serving as an escalation point for difficult program issues.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
• Experience: 12+ years of program or project management experience, including leading production programs in a manufacturing environment, with demonstrated success running multiple concurrent programs of $5M or more each from award through repeat production.
• Skills: Working knowledge of APQP and related quality planning practices, experience managing program budgets and financial results, leading cross-functional teams, strong analytical/problem-solving/facilitation skills, and strong written and verbal communication, including executive-level presentation.
• Bonus: PMP or Lean/Six Sigma certification, 5+ years of military experience, experience in automotive, aerospace, defense, or industrial manufacturing, familiarity with PPAP or AS9102 first article inspection, or experience in a high-mix contract manufacturing or manufacturing marketplace environment.